Remembering Fr. Angelo
Category Remembering Fr. Angelo
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just got word of dear Dag's passing. I sit here staring at my computer screen trying to evaluate just what it is that I am feeling.
Devastated? No
Horrified? Nope
Sad? A bit
Scared? The tiniest bit
Shocked? Immensely
Peace? Definitely.
This is all very odd. Fr Dag was a hero to me. .. Someone I really admired and looked up to, despite the fact that he was several inches shorter than I. He was a giant of a person, seemingly unstoppable. So often we have heroes that we forever look up to and and try to emulate, but never have the good fortune of meeting. I have been blessed and lucky! Not only did I get to meet this amazing man, but I counted him among my dearest friends.
In mid-October I was able to share a wonderful meal with him and we chatted about his childhood, what he had wanted to be when he grew up, and I got to hear stories about growing up in the shadow of WWII, ripe with details.
Fr Dag had a brusque manner that I found to be entirely endearing. He was definitely a pit bull, fighting for his children and those marginalized and traumatized by HIV.
He was a pioneer, hope for an entire country, father to hundreds, one amazing man and MY HERO!
Rest in peace Dag! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will miss you.
Peace to you and your family!
Becki
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just got word of dear Dag's passing. I sit here staring at my computer screen trying to evaluate just what it is that I am feeling.
Devastated? No
Horrified? Nope
Sad? A bit
Scared? The tiniest bit
Shocked? Immensely
Peace? Definitely.
This is all very odd. Fr Dag was a hero to me. .. Someone I really admired and looked up to, despite the fact that he was several inches shorter than I. He was a giant of a person, seemingly unstoppable. So often we have heroes that we forever look up to and and try to emulate, but never have the good fortune of meeting. I have been blessed and lucky! Not only did I get to meet this amazing man, but I counted him among my dearest friends.
In mid-October I was able to share a wonderful meal with him and we chatted about his childhood, what he had wanted to be when he grew up, and I got to hear stories about growing up in the shadow of WWII, ripe with details.
Fr Dag had a brusque manner that I found to be entirely endearing. He was definitely a pit bull, fighting for his children and those marginalized and traumatized by HIV.
He was a pioneer, hope for an entire country, father to hundreds, one amazing man and MY HERO!
Rest in peace Dag! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will miss you.
Peace to you and your family!
Becki
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